Crowdcast
Video conferencing software
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$49 per month
Free Trial
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- Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- Media and communications
- Education and training
What is Crowdcast
Crowdcast is a browser-based live video platform used to run webinars, live streams, and online events with interactive audience participation. It targets creators, educators, communities, and marketing teams that need registration, live chat/Q&A, and post-event replays in a single workflow. The product emphasizes simplicity for hosts and attendees by running in the web browser and supporting embedded events on external sites. It also provides basic integrations and automation hooks for lead capture and follow-up.
Web-based attendee experience
Crowdcast runs in the browser, which reduces attendee friction compared with tools that require client downloads. Hosts can share a single event link for registration and access. This approach is practical for public-facing webinars and community events where audience technical readiness varies. It also supports embedding events to keep viewers on a publisher’s site.
Built-in audience interaction tools
The platform includes live chat, Q&A, and polling-style engagement features designed for webinar-style sessions. These tools help moderators manage questions and keep sessions structured. For recurring programming, the same interaction model works across live sessions and replays. This aligns well with use cases that prioritize audience participation over internal meeting collaboration.
Registration and replay workflow
Crowdcast supports event registration and provides replay pages after the live session. This helps teams run a repeatable process for lead capture and on-demand viewing without stitching together multiple systems. Organizers can use the same event assets for live and recorded distribution. It fits teams that need a lightweight webinar operations stack rather than a full video CMS.
Not optimized for team meetings
Crowdcast is oriented toward one-to-many webinars and events rather than day-to-day internal video meetings. Organizations looking for deep meeting features (e.g., advanced room controls, enterprise telephony, or extensive collaboration tooling) may find gaps. It is typically better suited to presenters and moderators than to highly interactive multi-party meetings. Teams may need a separate tool for internal conferencing.
Limited enterprise governance depth
Compared with more enterprise-focused platforms in this space, Crowdcast generally offers fewer options for complex governance needs such as granular admin policy controls, advanced compliance configurations, or large-scale account management. This can matter for regulated industries or large deployments. Buyers should validate requirements around SSO, auditability, and data retention. Some organizations may need additional controls beyond what a creator-focused platform provides.
Integrations and analytics vary
Crowdcast provides integrations and automation options, but the breadth and depth can be narrower than platforms built primarily for marketing operations and event analytics. Reporting may be sufficient for basic attendance and engagement tracking but may not meet advanced attribution or multi-touch analytics needs. Teams with complex CRM/marketing automation workflows should confirm native connectors and data export capabilities. In some cases, additional middleware is required.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $49 per month (monthly billing) | 100+ live attendees; 10 streaming hours/month; 1 host seat (additional seats $29/seat); 2-hour sessions; HD live video with recording; RTMP mode; 5% transaction fee on paid events (plus Stripe processing 2.9% + $0.30); $0.15 per extra live attendee; $20 per extra 5 hours; annual billing available ("Save 30%" toggle on official site). |
| Pro | $89 per month (monthly billing) | 250+ live attendees; 20 streaming hours/month; 2 host seats; 4-hour sessions; multistream to 1 location; custom registration fields; same overage and add-on seat pricing as Lite; annual billing available ("Save 30%"). |
| Business | $195 per month (monthly billing) | 1000+ live attendees; 40 streaming hours/month; 4 host seats; 6-hour sessions; multistream to 3 locations; transaction fee reduced to 2% (plus Stripe processing 2.9% + $0.30); same overage and add-on seat pricing; annual billing available ("Save 30%"); contact sales for events over 1,000 live attendees. |
Notes: Pricing and limits sourced from Crowdcast's official pricing page. Free trial: 14-day free trial (no credit card) with limits (60-minute sessions, max 10 registrants).
Seller details
Crowdcast, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2015
Private
https://www.crowdcast.io/
https://x.com/crowdcastio
https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowdcast/
